How They Did It
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How They Did It: This Director’s New Doc About Legendary Acting Coach Larry Moss Demystifies the Acting Process
Film has been associated with magic since its inception. Even as a child, the interaction and connection between everyone involved in producing... -
How They Did It: Directing a Rape Scene in an Exploitation Film… Without Exploiting Your Female Protagonist
I usually don’t shy away from work that makes me uncomfortable. No matter how much it scares me, I push myself to... -
How They Did It: Shooting A South Florida Short Film, "Chasing Titles Vol. 1," In Nasty Weather With AK-47s
As the writer, producer and director of “Chasing Titles Vol. 1,” I had a very clear vision of how everything should look... -
How They Did It: To Shoot The Mutineer in 35mm, the Director Took a Scalpel to His Ultra-Low Budget
In 2012, I wrote down the first idea I had for The Mutineer, with the intention of shooting it the next year... -
How They Did It: The Te Ata Director on Taking Cues from the Chickasaw Nation and Respecting Their Legacy
When I first received the script for Te Ata, I wondered how I might connect with a Native American woman from the... -
How They Did It: A Spread-Out Schedule and Streamlined Crew Helped Negative Make Its Days
It was the middle of the night. We were out in the high desert of the Antelope Valley, north of Los Angeles,... -
How They Did It: This Cinematographer Shot and Survived Explosive Wildfires For The Netflix Doc Series Fire Chasers
Exploding propane tanks and live rounds, swirling firestorms, 10-ton airborne retardant drops, invisible fire pits and some of the most explosive fire... -
How They Did It: Shooting a Flashlit Prison Horror Movie, Against the Night, on the Sony a7S
From conception, my feature Against the Night, about a group of friends who sneak into an abandoned prison, was always going to... -
Distribute and Conquer: How the Director of "2500km" Landed Her $500 Short Film an HBO Premiere
My name is Daniela Arguello. I’m the director, writer, producer, camera operator and cinematographer of my short film “2500km.” “2500km” is about... -
How They Did It: This Director Braved Wasps and Morning Sickness to Shoot Moko Jumbie in Trinidad While Pregnant
My first feature, Moko Jumbie, is a Gothic Caribbean love story set in rural Trinidad. Its protagonist is Asha, a young girl searching for...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills across the board these...1Inside the Issue: Directing
The 2019 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: Eleven Sundance-Selected Films, and Their Mountain-Bound Makers
The 35th Sundance Film Festival received a record-breaking 14,000-plus submissions, with 4,000-plus feature-length films among them. Of the 112 features selected, 45 of their makers were first-timers. The fest’s...1Inside the Issue: How To
Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry
Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies of David Cronenberg films and, with...